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Papers by Luis Dario Larrateguy

BMC Public Health, Nov 22, 2023

Rehabilitation and chronic care

Journal of Chemotherapy, 2002

... A. (1 2) ; SOUTRIC J. (3) ; MORERA G. (4) ; MASTRUZZO M. (1) ; VESCO E. (4 5) ; IZAGUIRRE M. ... more ... A. (1 2) ; SOUTRIC J. (3) ; MORERA G. (4) ; MASTRUZZO M. (1) ; VESCO E. (4 5) ; IZAGUIRRE M. (4 5) ; MOBILIA L. (6) ; PRIETO S. (1 2) ; FRANCO D. (4) ; CURCIO D. (1 2) ; ABSI R. (2) ; LARRATEGUY L. (4) ; BUSTOS JL (4) ; OLIVA ME (4) ; ARENOSO H. (3) ; BANTAR C. (4 6 ...

Introduction: Partial lobectomy is one of the surgeries chosen in the early stages of some diseas... more Introduction: Partial lobectomy is one of the surgeries chosen in the early stages of some diseases such as lung cancer. After thoracic surgeries or some respiratory diseases, both hard and soft structures undergo changes that lead to stiffness, lack of mobility, changing the mechanics and the correct respiratory pattern. Case presentation: A 75-year-old female patient entered the pulmonary rehabilitation program of the “Hospital de la Baxada” at Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina; referred to by a lower left lobectomy due to lung cancer. Treatment and evolution plan: The patient attended the pulmonary rehabilitation program, for 6 weeks she trained varying the load. We observed a significant change in recovery, compared at the minute of completing the first test the dyspnea was 4 and in the second test 3, the patient told us that after the flexibility session she felt she was able to breathe normally. Conclusion: In the case presented, the application of flexibility techniques increased...

The severe chronic hypoxemia is defined as an arterial partial oxygen pressure measuring less tha... more The severe chronic hypoxemia is defined as an arterial partial oxygen pressure measuring less than 60 mmHg. Oxygen therapy is defined as the therapeutic use ...

Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 2020

The obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea (OSAH) syndrome is a very common and frequently undiagnosed ... more The obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea (OSAH) syndrome is a very common and frequently undiagnosed sleep disorder. It is characterized by repeated events of partial (hypopnea) or total (apnea) obstruction of the upper airway while sleeping. This study makes use of a previously developed method called DAS-KSVD for multiclass structured dictionary learning to automatically detect individual events of apnea and hypopnea using only blood oxygen saturation signals. The method uses a combined discriminant measure which is capable of efficiently quantifying the degree of discriminability of each one of the atoms in a dictionary. DAS-KSVD was applied to detect and classify apnea and hypopnea events from signals obtained from the Sleep Heart Health Study database. For moderate to severe OSAH screening, a receiver operating characteristic curve analysis of the results shows an area under the curve of 0.957 and diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of 87.56% and 88.32%, respectively. These results represent improvements as compared to most state-of-the-art procedures. Hence, the method could be used for screening OSAH syndrome more reliably and conveniently, using only a pulse oximeter.

Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 2017

The obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea (OSAH) syndrome is a very common and generally undiagnosed s... more The obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea (OSAH) syndrome is a very common and generally undiagnosed sleep disorder. It is caused by repeated events of partial or total obstruction of the upper airway while sleeping. This work introduces two novel approaches called most dicriminative activation selection (MDAS) and most discriminative column selection (MDCS) for the detection of apnea-hypopnea events using only pulse oximetry signals. These approaches use discriminative information of sparse representations of the signals to detect apnea-hypopnea events. Complete (CD) and overcomplete (OD) dictionaries, and three different strategies (FULL sparse representation, MDAS, and MDCS), are considered. Thus, six methods (FULL-OD, MDAS-OD, MDCS-OD, FULL-CD, MDAS-CD, and MDCS-CD) emerge. It is shown that MDCS-OD outperforms all the others methods. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis of this method shows an area under the curve of 0.937 and diagnostic sensitivity and specificity percentages of 85.65 and 85.92, respectively. This shows that sparse representations of pulse oximetry signals is a very valuable tool for estimating apnea-hypopnea indices. The implementation of the MDCS-OD method could be embedded into the oximeter so as to be used by primary attention clinical physicians in the search and detection of patients suspected of suffering from OSAH.

DESCRIPTION Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a preventable disease, whose mortalit... more DESCRIPTION Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a preventable disease, whose mortality rate is increasing and is predicted to be the third leading cause of death worldwide in 20 years. Early diagnosis and better disease management are priorities. According to the study Platino, COPD is underdiagnosed by 89%.Diagnosis is by spirometry. Usually patients with mild and moderate states have no symptoms and do not seek medical care. The development of a simple questionnaire can help clinicians to improve diagnosis in the asymptomatic population or with few symptoms.

ABSTRACT Objetivo Desarrollar un nuevo método que permita detectar el índice de apnea-hipopnea ut... more ABSTRACT Objetivo Desarrollar un nuevo método que permita detectar el índice de apnea-hipopnea utilizando únicamente la señal de saturación de oxigeno en la sangre (SaO2). Materiales y métodos Un diccionario es una colección de funciones. Para la representación de una señal de SaO2 en términos de estas funciones (también llamadas átomos) es necesario seleccionar el menor número de funciones componentes que permitan su discriminación. En este trabajo se desarrolló un nuevo método denominado Selección de Átomos Más Discriminativos (SAMD). Para ello, se utilizaron dos clases de diccionarios: uno sobrecompleto y el otro completo. El primero es construido mediante la unión de dos diccionarios completos, los cuales fueron estimados con segmentos de señales con apneas y con segmentos sin apneas. El segundo fue estimado con segmentos tanto con apneas como sin apneas. Luego, con el diccionario apnea-hipopnea (IAH) en 15. El nuevo método fue aplicado a la representación rala de las señales de SaO2 a través del uso de los dos tipos de diccionarios. Finalmente, para cada estudio, se calculó el IAH estimado por SAMD y se lo comparó con el IAH determinado por el experto. Resultados Se evaluó la performance del algoritmo para detectar pacientes con SAHOS moderado, es decir, pacientes con un IAH mayor que 15. Para validar el nuevo método se utilizaron dos medidas objetivas. En primer lugar se analizó el coeficiente de correlación obtenido a partir de la regresión lineal entre el IAH obtenido por el experto y el IAH estimado por el algoritmo. Para los tipos de diccionarios sobrecompleto y completo se obtuvieron valores de coeficientes de correlación de 0,88 y 0,74, respectivamente. Luego para los tipos de diccionarios sobrecompleto y completo se obtuvieron valores del área bajo la curva ROC (AUC) de 0,98 y 0,95, respectivamente. Se adjuntan las curvas ROC obtenidas para cada tipo. Curvas ROC para diccionarios sobrecompletos (izquierda) y diccionarios completos (derecha).

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Medicina, 2013

Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is one of the most relevant chronic respiratory patholog... more Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is one of the most relevant chronic respiratory pathologies due to its high prevalence and impact in morbidity and mortality. In 2001, the Asociación Argentina de Medicina Respiratoria (AAMR) published the first Argentinean Consensus on Sleep-Related breathing Disorders. Since then, wide new scientific evidence has emerged, increasing significantly the knowledge about this pathology. According to this, the Sleep-Related breathing Disorders and Oxygen Therapy Section of the AAMR, decided to update its Consensus, developing this Practical Guidelines on Management of patients with OSAS. A working group was created with members belonging to the section, experts in OSAS. They extensively reviewed the literature and wrote these guidelines, orientated to practical resolution of clinical problems and giving answers to questions emerged from dealing with patients who suffer from this syndrome. The document defines OSAS and describes the diagnosis and ...

Sleep Science, 2021

Objectives Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is a highly prevalent symptom that increases the ri... more Objectives Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is a highly prevalent symptom that increases the risk of traffic accidents and deteriorates the quality of life. The diagnosis of EDS is difficult because of the complex infrastructure that is required. The new test here proposed assesses the ability of a simple test of simplify the detection of daytime sleepiness compared with the OSLER test. Material and Methods In the new test, during 20 minute subjects were asked to pass a ﬁnger by a groove in response to a light emitting diode, inside dark glasses, which was lit for 1s in every three, with headphones that reduce the ambient noise and was compared with the OSLER test on each subject in random order. Results The proposed method showed a sensitivity of 100% and a speciﬁcity of 61%, with a positive predictive value of 67% and negative predictive value of 100% when compared with the OSLER test. The value of area under the ROC curve was 0.81 (0.62-0.99), p=0.013. In a Bland-Altman plot, m...

Sleep Science, 2019

Background and Objective: The usefulness of pulse oximetry for the management of obstructive slee... more Background and Objective: The usefulness of pulse oximetry for the management of obstructive sleep apnea is controversial. The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy for indication of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) treatment in patients with suspected obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) based on clinical and oximetry data as compared to polysomnography (PSG). Methods: This multicenter observational study involved seven sleep laboratories. Patients with suspicion of OSA who completed a standardized sleep questionnaire and a diagnostic PSG were enrolled. Eight observers logged on to a website independently and blindly. Seven observers only accessed the clinical data, curve and pulse oximetry results (Os-SO2-test method), while the eighth observer had full access to all indicators of PSG (O-PSG-reference method). Once observers assessed the information available on the website, they had to choose between three CPAP treatment options (yes/no/do not know) based on their knowl...

Sleep and Breathing, 2019

Objective To evaluate the performance of clinical criteria (CC) for diagnosis and initiation of e... more Objective To evaluate the performance of clinical criteria (CC) for diagnosis and initiation of empirical treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in patients with suspected obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) compared with the treatment decision based on sleep studies (polysomnography or respiratory polygraphy), guidelines, and experience of participating physicians. Methods This was a simulated intention-to-treat study in a retrospective (G1) and prospective (G2) cohort. Four observers (two per group) called CC1 and CC2 reviewed the sleep questionnaires and indicated CPAP if the patients presented snoring, frequent apneas (≥ 3-4/week), body mass index (BMI) > 25 kg/m 2 , sleepiness (Epworth > 11), or tiredness (at least 3-4 times per week) and some comorbidity (hypertension, coronary/cerebrovascular event, diabetes). Ten independent observers formed two groups of five (FD1 and FD2) and were blinded to each other's opinion. These observers in FD1 and FD2 decided CPAP treatment based on guidelines of the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR) or guidelines of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and factored in their own opinion. Sensitivity (S), specificity (Sp), and positive/negative likelihood ratios (LR+/−) were calculated with the test method: CC1/2, and the reference method: majority decision of FD1/2. Results A total of 653 patients (264 women, 40%) were studied. Median age was 54 years, BMI 28 kg/m 2 , and apnea hypopnea index (AHI) 16.5 events/h. S ranged from 21 to 25% (p 0.60), Sp 96.1 to 97.6% (p 0.39), and LR+ of clinical criteria 6.4 to 8.9 (p 0.52). Conclusion CPAP indication without a previous sleep study showed a low sensitivity (≅ 22%) but a specificity greater than 95% in patients with high pretest probability for OSA (snoring, report of frequent apneas, BMI > 25 kg/m 2 and sleepiness or tiredness plus comorbidity).

Introduction : The Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA ) is highly prevalent in the population and the &... more Introduction : The Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA ) is highly prevalent in the population and the "gold standard " for diagnosis is polysomnography (PSG ). This is not always available, so a validated alternative to find and to treat severe cases is the use of simplified studies at home. 1 Translational medicine is the transfer of basic science to the medical practice from the translation of scientific findings or developments made in laboratories to products or methodologies using everyday in medical practice. Objective: Develop a diagnostic home device that uses an automatic algorithm from the pulse oximetry signal (SaO2). Materials and methods : We designed a hardware, with an automatic algorithm that uses the SaO2 signal. We create an Oxygen Desaturation Index ( ODI) that estimated an apnea / hypopnea index (AHI ) was compared with AHI calculated by an expert in 25 studies PSG and then compared with the AHI calculated automatically in 80 records obtained with a validated polygraph, the ApneaLink ® ( AL). SaO2 signals were analyzed with the two detection techniques that we named M1 and M2. 2 We have begun to use the hardware with this algorithm in people. Results: The Area Under Curve (AUC) for ODI M1/IAH PSG was 0,97. The AUC for ODI M2/ IAH PSG: 0,94. The AUC for ODI (AL) /IAH (AL) was 0,92 (0,85 - 0,96). The AUC for ODI M1/IAH AL was 0,94 (0,87-0,97) and the AUC for IDH M2/ IAH AL was 0,95 (0,88 – 0,98). Conclusions: There is a good correlation between AHI estimated by the new hardware and algorithm compared to PSG and PR. The hardware works properly with this algorithm.This is an example of translational medicine in sleep medicine.

Medical Engineering & Physics, 2014

Detection of desaturations on the pulse oximetry signal is of great importance for the diagnosis ... more Detection of desaturations on the pulse oximetry signal is of great importance for the diagnosis of sleep apneas. Using the counting of desaturations, an index can be built to help in the diagnosis of severe cases of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome. It is important to have automatic detection methods that allows the screening for this syndrome, reducing the need of the expensive polysomnography based studies. In this paper a novel recognition method based on the empirical mode decomposition of the pulse oximetry signal is proposed. The desaturations produce a very specific wave pattern that is extracted in the modes of the decomposition. Using this information, a detector based on properly selected thresholds and a set of simple rules is built. The oxygen desaturation index constructed from these detections produces a detector for obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome with high sensitivity (0.838) and specificity (0.855) and yields better results than standard desaturation detection approaches.

SLEEP, 2015

Introduction: Unlike other prevalent diseases, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has no simple tool f... more Introduction: Unlike other prevalent diseases, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has no simple tool for diagnosis and therapeutic decision-making in primary healthcare. Home single-channel nasal pressure (HNP) may be an alternative to polysomnography for diagnosis but its use in therapeutic decisions has yet to be explored. Objectives: To ascertain whether an automatically scored HNP apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), used alone to recommend continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment, agrees with decisions made by a specialist using polysomnography and several clinical variables. Methods: Patients referred by primary care physicians for OSA suspicion underwent randomized polysomnography and HNP. We analyzed the total sample and both more and less symptomatic subgroups for Bland and Altman plots to explore AHI agreement; receiver operating characteristic curves to establish area under the curve (AUC) measurements for CPAP recommendation; and therapeutic decision efficacy for several HNP AHI cutoff points. Results: Of the 787 randomized patients, 35 (4%) were lost, 378 (48%) formed the more symptomatic and 374 (48%) the less symptomatic subgroups. AHI bias and agreement limits were 5.8 ± 39.6 for the total sample, 5.3 ± 38.7 for the more symptomatic, and 6 ± 40.2 for the less symptomatic subgroups. The AUC were 0.826 for the total sample, 0.903 for the more symptomatic, and 0.772 for the less symptomatic subgroups. In the more symptomatic subgroup, 70% of patients could be correctly treated with CPAP. Conclusion: Automatic home single-channel nasal pressure scoring can correctly recommend CPAP treatment in most of more symptomatic patients with OSA suspicion. Our results suggest that this device may be an interesting tool in initial OSA management for primary care physicians, although future studies in a primary care setting are necessary. Clinical Trials Information: Clinicaltrial.gov identifier: NCT01347398.